Processor Intel Core i7-6950X, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Intel Core i7-6950X

• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
• Generation
  6
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000X
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Intel Core i7-6950X Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  3.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  10
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.50 GHz
• CPU Threads
  20
• Turbo (10 Cores)
  3.50 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  --
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  no iGPU
• GPU frequency
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
• Shader
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
• Generation
• DirectX Version
• Technology
• Release date

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  No
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  No
• JPEG
  No

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  4
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  40

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  140 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  25.00 MB
• Architecture
  Broadwell E
• Technology
  14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 2011-3
• Release date
  Q2/2016
• Part Number
  --

Common positions Intel Core i7-6950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
  269 place
• Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
  125 place
• Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
  415 place
• Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
  165 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  563 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  270 place
• Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
  361 place
• Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  102 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  362 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  86 place
• Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
  241 place
• Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
  189 place